Infant&#39;s diaper-fastener.



W. M. CONRAD.

INFANTS DIAPER FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15,1908

927,120, Patented July 6, 1909.

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WARREN M. CONRAD, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

INFANTS DIAPER-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I/VARREN M. CONRAD, of Chelsea, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Infants Diaper- Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to enable infants diapers to befastened securely and quickly, and as quickly unfastened, without theuse of pins, and without the possibility of injury to the infants bodyby the fastening means.

The invention consists in a diaper fastener characterized as hereinafterset forth.

The accompanying drawing represents a side view of a diaper fastenerembodying my invention.

My improved pinless diaper fastener is preferably made of a single pieceof sheet metal, and composed of three bars 12, disposed to form anapproximately triangular frame. The outer edges 14 of said bars arecurved inwardly, and the corner portions formed by the meeting of thebars preferably present rounded edges 15. The inwardly curved edges 14are adapted to conform to a portion of the abdomen and portions of theinner sides of the legs of an infant, so that when applied to theinfants body in the position. required to hold the three ends or cornersof a diaper folded, according to custom, into a triangular pad, thefastener will occupy the proper place for the secure engagement of thethree corner portions of the pad without exerting injurious pressurethrough the diaper on the skin adjacent to the edges of the frame.

The opening formed by the inner edges of the frame bars is alsosubstantially triangular, the said inner edges being preferably parallelwith the outer edges, and so arranged that they form three taperingthroats 16 forming parts of the frame opening. The edges 17, 17 of eachthroat constitute a pair of opposed diaper-gripping jaws, convergingfrom the center of the frame outwardly, their outer end portions beingpreferably subst antially parallel with and in close proximity to eachother at the outer end of the throat.

A diaper which has been folded on a line extended between two diagonallyopposite corners, to form a triangular pad, may be secured to an infantsbody by first wedging one of the three corner portions into one of thethroats 16. The folded diaper may then Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 438,504.

be laid upon the proper portion of the back of the infants body, theportion engaged by the fastener being brought over one of the hips untilthe fastener occupies a suitable position relatively to the abdomen andthe inner sides of the legs. The other two corner portions of the foldeddiaper are then successively wedged into the other two throats 16, onecorner portion being brought over the other hip, and the other betweenthe legs. The corner portions of the diaper are drawn outwardly throughthe frame while they are being engaged with the jaws so that the bodyportion of the diaper may be drawn as closely against the infants bodyas may be desired. The free ends of said corner portions project fromthe outer side of the frame, and may be pushed simultaneously toward thecenter of the frame to disengage the diaper from the fastener.

It will be seen that the throats 16 are parts or branches of a largeopening formed in the piece 12, and entirely surrounded thereby, so thatdiaper corners may be quickly and conveniently secured by inserting themin the enlarged central portion of the opening, the size of which issuch that this operation may be quickly performed, and then moving saidcorners outwardly from the central portion of the opening into saidthroats until they are firmly grasped by the jaws. A reversal of thedescribed steps releases the diaper from the fastener.

I claim:

An infants diaper fastener composed of a relatively thin, approximatelytriangular frame, having inwardly curved outer edges, adapted to conformwithout injury to portions of an infants body as specified, the frameentirely surrounding an approxi mately triangular opening, whose edgesform three pairs of diaper-gripping jaws separated by tapering throats,the closed ends of which are adjacent to the corner portions of theframe, said throats being parts of the opening, so that diaper cornersinserted in the enlarged central portion of the opening may be movedoutwardly from said central portion into engagement with the jaws.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WARREN M. CONRAD.

Witnesses O. F. BROWN,

P. W. PEZZETTI.

